Joe Namath’s drinking rock bottom became internet fodder for years and may have saved his life.
The Jets’ Super Bowl III hero opened up in his new book —” All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters” — on the ruinous effect drinking had on his post-NFL life and specifically about his inebriated attempt to kiss ESPN sideline reporter Suzy Kolber in 2003.
In the infamous interview during a Jets-Patriots game, Namath slurred, “I want to kiss you. I couldn’t care less about the team struggling… I want to kiss you.”
“I saw it as a blessing in disguise,” Namath, 75, said in an excerpt of the book published by ESPN.