Matt Leinart : Just a normal dude

May 11th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

If you haven’t caught it by now, new Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart has been writing a draft diary for ESPN over the past couple weeks. In his latest edition, Leinart laments over his celebrity status and his relationship with the media.

It’s all this media attention. I guess you could say it’s my fault, but at the same time, I’m just being a normal dude…..Celebrities are really just normal people. They’re just as normal as any other human being. The media portrays them in a certain way. It constantly involves their private life and it sucks. It really does. I’ve gotten a taste of that. It’s always: Who am I dating? I’m not dating anyone. I’m really not. There’s no time for me to date anybody. I hang out with people. I have a good time. I turned 23 years old today. What people don’t even realize is that I was in a relationship for a year that just ended a few months back. It’s a joke.Everywhere I go and everybody I talk to gets out in the media. It makes me look a certain way when in reality I’m just a normal guy. I’m having a good time. I realize I have to make good choices and I’ve done all the right things. It just sucks. I’m not going to sit in my house every night, play with my thumbs and not go out.

Postmen translation:

Guys, I’m 23. When I can rope in any girl I want, why the hell would I be in a relationship? I mean, Paris Hilton was probably the easiest score I’ve had in awhile. (Okay, okay, not like that should be news to anyone or anything.)

It’s annoying that the media is always around because it limits the fun I can have. I mean, once these pictures surfaced on the Internet, I realized I had to be more careful. Which really just sucks.

O yeah, and celebrities are just normal people. I’m a normal dude.

Love,
Matt

If only we could all be Matt Leinart.