Johnny Manziel is adamant about righting the wrongs he’s still coping with from his partying past.
The 31-year-old former NFL quarterback — whose two-season profession with the Browns fizzled mostly on account of scandals and hard-partying habits — and his former manager, Maverick Carter, met for a strong conversation to “clear the air” about Manziel’s downward spiral in Cleveland, which led to their subsequent split.
On this exclusive preview of “The Shop,” the pair agreed to fulfill after the Heisman Trophy winner publicly apologized to Carter and LeBron James for “disrespecting” them during a recent appearance on “Club Shay Shay” with Shannon Sharpe in February.
“I comprehend it wasn’t easy,” Manziel said of their time working together. “So now sitting here [at] 31-years-old, I even have an appreciation and gratitude for all that you just guys tried to do and what we did, just about, I mean there continues to be loads we got done, Mav.
“I still feel a way of accomplishment for every little thing that you just did for me, that Bron did for me, that the entire crew did for me that I’ll at all times take eternally. I learned far more now with a transparent head once I look back at it than I assumed I ever really did.”
Manziel signed with Carter and James’ LRMR marketing and branding company in January 2014, a number of months before being drafted by the Browns because the No. 22 overall pick within the NFL Draft that 12 months.
On the time, James returned to the Cavaliers from Miami — after winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 — and struck up a relationship with Manziel, who was on two- to three-day benders around Cleveland.
Carter explained that he “never really felt like [Manziel] owed me an apology,” and said he’s comfortable to see him alive.
“I used to be saddened by the alternatives that you just made as an NFL player but more as an individual. But more importantly… the reality is, I’m comfortable you’re alive. It shifted from like,’ Get Johnny to his next contract, and help him be an ideal quarterback, to ‘just not let this guy die. Rattling, let’s just keep him alive,’” Carter said.
“It was like, ‘the football thing, that ship is sailed he’s not gonna be a football player.’ I grew up with with addicts in my family. Johnny, it’s like two or three-day benders and also you don’t know where he’s. If you take care of anyone in your life like that… you never know when it’s the one once you’re finally gonna get the decision like, ‘they found him within the hotel on the ground and da da da.’”
Manziel then described his partying lifestyle, which took priority over the quarterback room in Cleveland.
“I didn’t see that at that time limit. Genuinely, I used to be living this episode out of ‘Ballers,’” he said, referring to the HBO comedy drama series. “I used to be at my condo in Cleveland doing whatever. I can have anything I ever wanted. Mav and them are so plugged there as .
“I’m rolling around town in $300,000 to $400,000 cars absolutely being a menace in town of Cleveland. And as I’m not playing in Cleveland, I’m not tapped in to what we’re doing as a Browns organization in a quarterback room.”
Manziel and Carter agreed to clear the air in a spot where raw and unfiltered conversations occur: The Shop.
“We created The Shop as a platform to have raw and unfiltered conversations in a secure space. Johnny got here on the show and spoke his truth. It was beautiful to listen to him reflect on his journey and see how much he’s grown as an individual,” Paul Rivera, co-creator and co-host of The Shop, told The Post.
Manziel explained that he “felt the necessity” to look on Sharpe’s podcast to precise his gratitude to the people who tried to assist him during his years in Cleveland, akin to Carter and James.
Now Manziel is in a significantly better place.
The Texas A&M product said he “got the itch” to play football while at UCLA’s pro day in March.
“I used to be like throwing the ball around and really touched the NFL football again and got the itch. I’m bored, man. I can only play a lot golf,” he said, laughing.
“I’m in great shape I’m getting even higher daily.”
Manziel confirmed his relationship with model, Josie Canseco in photos on social media, which showed the couple at StageCoach country music festival in April.
Tune into Carter and Manziel’s candid conversation on “The Shop,” which premieres June 20 on the show’s official YouTube.
Johnny Manziel is adamant about righting the wrongs he’s still coping with from his partying past.
The 31-year-old former NFL quarterback — whose two-season profession with the Browns fizzled mostly on account of scandals and hard-partying habits — and his former manager, Maverick Carter, met for a strong conversation to “clear the air” about Manziel’s downward spiral in Cleveland, which led to their subsequent split.
On this exclusive preview of “The Shop,” the pair agreed to fulfill after the Heisman Trophy winner publicly apologized to Carter and LeBron James for “disrespecting” them during a recent appearance on “Club Shay Shay” with Shannon Sharpe in February.
“I comprehend it wasn’t easy,” Manziel said of their time working together. “So now sitting here [at] 31-years-old, I even have an appreciation and gratitude for all that you just guys tried to do and what we did, just about, I mean there continues to be loads we got done, Mav.
“I still feel a way of accomplishment for every little thing that you just did for me, that Bron did for me, that the entire crew did for me that I’ll at all times take eternally. I learned far more now with a transparent head once I look back at it than I assumed I ever really did.”
Manziel signed with Carter and James’ LRMR marketing and branding company in January 2014, a number of months before being drafted by the Browns because the No. 22 overall pick within the NFL Draft that 12 months.
On the time, James returned to the Cavaliers from Miami — after winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 — and struck up a relationship with Manziel, who was on two- to three-day benders around Cleveland.
Carter explained that he “never really felt like [Manziel] owed me an apology,” and said he’s comfortable to see him alive.
“I used to be saddened by the alternatives that you just made as an NFL player but more as an individual. But more importantly… the reality is, I’m comfortable you’re alive. It shifted from like,’ Get Johnny to his next contract, and help him be an ideal quarterback, to ‘just not let this guy die. Rattling, let’s just keep him alive,’” Carter said.
“It was like, ‘the football thing, that ship is sailed he’s not gonna be a football player.’ I grew up with with addicts in my family. Johnny, it’s like two or three-day benders and also you don’t know where he’s. If you take care of anyone in your life like that… you never know when it’s the one once you’re finally gonna get the decision like, ‘they found him within the hotel on the ground and da da da.’”
Manziel then described his partying lifestyle, which took priority over the quarterback room in Cleveland.
“I didn’t see that at that time limit. Genuinely, I used to be living this episode out of ‘Ballers,’” he said, referring to the HBO comedy drama series. “I used to be at my condo in Cleveland doing whatever. I can have anything I ever wanted. Mav and them are so plugged there as .
“I’m rolling around town in $300,000 to $400,000 cars absolutely being a menace in town of Cleveland. And as I’m not playing in Cleveland, I’m not tapped in to what we’re doing as a Browns organization in a quarterback room.”
Manziel and Carter agreed to clear the air in a spot where raw and unfiltered conversations occur: The Shop.
“We created The Shop as a platform to have raw and unfiltered conversations in a secure space. Johnny got here on the show and spoke his truth. It was beautiful to listen to him reflect on his journey and see how much he’s grown as an individual,” Paul Rivera, co-creator and co-host of The Shop, told The Post.
Manziel explained that he “felt the necessity” to look on Sharpe’s podcast to precise his gratitude to the people who tried to assist him during his years in Cleveland, akin to Carter and James.
Now Manziel is in a significantly better place.
The Texas A&M product said he “got the itch” to play football while at UCLA’s pro day in March.
“I used to be like throwing the ball around and really touched the NFL football again and got the itch. I’m bored, man. I can only play a lot golf,” he said, laughing.
“I’m in great shape I’m getting even higher daily.”
Manziel confirmed his relationship with model, Josie Canseco in photos on social media, which showed the couple at StageCoach country music festival in April.
Tune into Carter and Manziel’s candid conversation on “The Shop,” which premieres June 20 on the show’s official YouTube.
