Whatever Happened to Ted Williams ‘The Man With the Golden Voice’ By Kristina Kage Jan 3, 2020 For a brief moment in 2011, Ted Williams captivated America as "The Man With the Golden Voice." He still lives in Columbus, only now with a home to call his own. "They would actually think that I was on the air," he said.

"When I make it on the scene, it's like, 'Oh man, look at the homeless guy with the voice!'" 11,651 people like this. "Broke, homeless, standing on a corner, addiction kicking my butt. He particularly enjoys speaking to children. The Dispatch posted a video of Williams' attention-grabbing baritone voice — and overnight, Williams went viral. A month ago, Pepsi debuted a And in his spare time, Williams gives motivational speeches all around the country. In his first onscreen interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, Williams admitted that he was still struggling with substance addiction, and by the end of the program, he had agreed to Despite signing up for rehab as he has promised to do, he voluntarily checked himself out of the facility after just twelve days of treatment, which ended up with Williams losing most of the business deals he had been offered.Fortunately, Williams understood his mistake and four months later he entered into rehab once again, this time completing the program satisfactorily. "They're going to write an animated feature that has my voice on it.

A field trip as a child to a meet a radio deejay inspired him to make a career out of his own voice. Author, Motivational Speaker, Voice Over Actor, Over comer, Advocate for the Homeless. I wanted to inspire and encourage,” he said. His first work after the settling of his sudden fame was with Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, as a voice artist. Motivating every generation . I want to do it big.

Occasionally, he said, he will saunter through aisles of stores where he used to pocket items. "I want to open up a homeless laundromat," he said. Faith has kept him away from his old lifestyle, he said. He got flooded with employment opportunities. Phil” In 2012, a sobered-up Williams was back on TV as a guest on the “During his chat with host Matt Lauer, Williams shared how he initially turned to alcohol as he tried to stay away from illegal drugs but had managed to take things one day at a time and had come off clean.Even though he made a $300.000 deal for his book and voiced commercials for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese since 2011, Williams made the devastating revelation that he could barely covered his expenses and “owned nothing” in 2013.During a lengthy follow-up interview with the Columbus Dispatch, Williams stayed positive about his plans to get his own home and buying a car. ABOUT TED WILLIAMS GOLDEN VOICE. When he was in jail, he said, he would entertain fellow inmates by doing fake radio commercials. Robert Irwin Is Reportedly Dating a Girl Named Elisha Jackson — Facts about Steve Irwin's Son He's starting out with something small: doling out socks.

"Then, all of a sudden, I'm slapping myself and saying, 'What am I doing?' His surprise road to fame has had its bumps. October 18, 2019 | by

He envisions a laundromat where volunteer attendants wash and dry homeless people's clothes so they have a shot at getting back to work, like he did. I know I'm not going to buy nothing here, but I'm certainly not going to steal." After about 20 years living in the streets after becoming estranged from his family and ruining his career as a 62-year-old Williams went from begging in the streets to being Remember Him: "The Man With The Golden Voice" Ted Williams Is Now Helping The Homeless The news was everywhere. “I wanted to focus on other things.

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