After the “Scandal” premiere, Columbus Short hit the radio waves to talk about his TV death, supporting of Ray Rice, and how certain media outlets are “destroying families.” More inside…
In the season four premiere of "Scandal", we learned Harrison (Columbus' character) was assassinated. We sort of figured this would happen since his abrupt firing and season 3 ended with a gun pointed at him. Columbus Short called the firing a “bitter-sweet” moment, but reveals his co-stars have shown him nothing but support since all of his personal and legal drama became public.
During an interview with Dish Nation, the former Gladiator dished on all of the negative criticism he has received since his wife Tanee McCall filed for divorce and made domestic violence accusations. He feels his reputation is being assassinated unjustly and that certain media outlets are destroying people’s family. He said,
“My character has been assassinated, unjustly. I feel like, Harvey Levin got the proverbial hard-on for me or something because he was attacking me for no reason. What I found out, you know how it goes, these stories get money… TMZ is making all that money, but it’s blood money to me. I really believe it, because you’re destroying people’s families.”
He also dished about that shocking video footage he captured (and released) of his wife Tanee McCall getting violently physical with another female. He said he was simply trying to retrieve his items from their home (since she filed a restraining order on him) and when his friend (who he brought with him) came to check on him as he gathered his belongings, that’s when Tanee went ape sh*t and started beating her down. He revealed the woman getting assaulted by Tanee has a pending assault case against his soon-to-be ex-wife and INSISTS he never has put a hand on a woman.
With his own involvement in a domestic violence case, it came as no surprise that he would defend former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. He cleared up any misunderstandings about his Instagram post of support saying,
“My first Instagram I said, I stand by Ray Rice. I said what he did was absolutely wrong. However, what TMZ… the point is TMZ. I have a lot against TMZ. We are fallible. Men, we are fallible creatures, mankind. And I think everybody deserves a second chance, everybody deserves a chance to get it right.”
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Columbus also hit up V103's Big Tigger Show to talk about allegedly moving to Barbados, how it hurts to be accused of domestic violence, how's he's dealing with the negative press his 10-year-old son reads online and more. Check it below:
Outside of doing radio interviews about “Scandal”, the troubled actor also held his very own “Scandal” watch party at Boogalou Lounge in Atlanta last.
Along with partying it up with friends and fans, he also released his brand new track and the title of it is....wait for it..."Gladiator". Ha! Columbus also took to his Twitter last night to commentate during the season opener.
Peep a few of his tweets below:
Man @shondarhimes is a monster with her pen. Unbelievable start to the #seasonpremiere of @scandalabc#HardToWatch. #MissingHW
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
I mean Harrisons #dead but he aint #DeadDead@scandalabc#Iovinit
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
Real #Gladiators make sure they see a body. #Truth@ScandalABC#Blockhouse
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
Open the casket @shondarhimes open the casket!!! @ScandalABC never disappoints. @kerrywashington
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
Hey @kerrywashington@darbysofficial@KatieQLowes@jscandalp@guillermodiazyo I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!! #Truth#OVERACLIFF
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
Round of applause for a amAzing season premiere of @ScandalABC@tonygoldwyn@BellamyYoung#Salute great work.
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) September 26, 2014
This guy....
Photo: Columbus' IG
