The Lansing State Journal’s Eric Lacy spoke with former Red Wing Darren McCarty regarding his “Slapstick Comedy Tour” and his life at and away from the rink:
Q: You’ve lived quite a life and were once in a rock band. Any topics from your troubled past that you can laugh about now and use in your shows?
A: Yeah, survival. We’re all the … stars of our own movie. I’m 46 now; we’ve all been to what you may call a war of ourselves. And now being through it, my whole purpose is about now. It’s all the other stuff (in the past,) the hockey stuff, the (incidents with the) cops that all led to reasons why someone like yourself would call me and put it out there for people. I’m just a messenger of truth. Now that I’ve found truth and honesty, and all that …, I can talk about all the money I’ve either lost or blown, or the divorces. My opening line is ‘I want to make sure you’re in the right place.’ I’m not No. 19 (Steve) Yzerman or No. 5 (Nicklas Lidstrom) — the perfect human. I’m the imperfect human.’ You need a lawyer? A bankruptcy attorney? An AA sponsor? Need to know where the best bud is to smoke? I’m your guy. You’re in the right place.’ I’m in such a phenomenal place in my mind.
