Really doesn’t matter what Michael Vick does for the rest of his life, he’ll always be known for his arrest for cruelty to dogs. Sucks don’t it? Well, this new GQ interview definitely isn’t deterring from the subject. Vick talks the media blowing up the entire situation, coming from poverty and his prison stint. Check some excerpts below:
On The Media:
“They are writing as if everyone feels that way and has the same opinions they do. But when I go out in public, it’s all positive, so that’s obviously not true.” The media, Vick implies, still act as though he used to sneak into suburban yards, steal golden retrievers, and set them on fire. As if he were a lone actor, a single rampaging menace, a canine serial killer with no context, motivation, or backstory. As if he is the only person in America associated with dogfighting.
On Prison:
“One day in prison is too long,” he says. Yes, but I mean for this particular crime. He sighs. I’m not the first person who’s tried to lead him down this road. “For a while, it was all ‘Scold Mike Vick, scold Mike Vick, just talk bad about him, like he’s not a person,’ ” he says. “It’s almost as if everyone wanted to hate me. But what have I done to anybody? It was something that happened, and it was people trying to make some money.”
