Former "Scandal" star Columbus Short confronts his demons (alcohol) and explains that his infamous LA-bar brawl was because someone disrespected his wife. More inside.....
Following his high-profile dismissal from "Scandal", Columbus Short has had some time to do some thinking (and drinking)...in Texas. A few days ago, we reported that Columbus was arrested for public intoxication and skipping out on a bar tab in Dallas. Well....since then, Columbus realizes that he's out of control..sorta. While he stops short at calling himself an alcoholic (umm....DENIAL - table of one) he does admit that he drinks too much (ya think?).
He was recently photographed by TMZ with crisis counselor and Dallas money manager Ed Butowsky who plans to help him get back on track. Though he is refusing to enter a rehab program (tsk tsk) he has vowed to cut back on drinking. Also, he's looking to move to Dallas to get out of LA for a while.
Now...let's go back to the bar brawl in LA that first raised the eyebrows of ABC execs and Shonda Rhimes. Columbus talked to V-103 and said he beat the crap out of that dude because he disrespected his wife. Mind you....this is the same "wife" we've seen Columbus disrespect and threaten (we guess only HE can disrespect her) #noshade.
What happened? Columbus said,"I had to defend my wife at a bar. This man was being highly, highly disrespectful ... slapping her in the face with $20 bills."
Well..ya'll remember what happened? HE KNOCKED HIM OUT.
Right or wrong, we bet Felton Hyche III doesn't even carry $20 bills in his pocket anymore.
Columbus explains the bar brawl:
BONUS:
In case you care, Columbus says he's NEVER put his hands on a woman (side-eye).
Columbus discusses whether a return to "Scandal" is in his future above.
Photos via TMZ/Columbus's Twitter