TERRY Bradshaw may be prodigiously talented in many areas, but even he is not immune to fear.
The NFL Hall of Famer and legendary broadcaster, 75, revealed one of his fears in a recent appearance on Fox colleague Julian Edelman’s Games With Names podcast.
As the podcast came to a close and they wrapped up discussing all of Bradshaw’s numerous accomplishments in life, Edelman asked the Pittsburgh Steelers icon, “What haven’t you done?”
“I haven’t skydived and don’t plan on it…I’m scared to death of that,” Bradshaw admitted.
Asked if he was afraid of heights, Bradshaw said yes.
“Not real good with heights,” he added.
“My wife changes all the lightbulbs in the house. I don’t climb on ladders.”
Noting his age, Bradshaw joked that whenever he gets up on a ladder, his wife Tammy will tell him, “‘Don’t you get on that ladder.”
He went on to explain that his main fear when it comes to heights is falling, something he said he was “Petrified” of.
“Howie [Long] (Fox NFL colleague) and I talk about it all the time,” Bradshaw added.
But while skydiving may not be on Bradshaw’s lengthy list of accomplishments, he and Edelman had plenty of others to discuss.
One such success was his career in Hollywood.
Since the late 1970s, Bradshaw has appeared in numerous TV and movie roles, including The Cannonball Run, King of the Hill, Malcolm In The Middle, and Robots.
One of his most memorable performances came in 2006 in the movie Failure To Launch, alongside the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Bates among others.
Arguably Bradshaw’s most well-known TV or movie scene came when he stripped down for a scene opposite McConaughey.
“Can I act? No,” Bradshaw jokingly told Edelman.
“McConaughey was voted Sexiest Man Alive that year – but it was me who got naked in the movie.
“There’s a reason for that. I got a nice butt!”
Bradshaw went on to reveal that the movie’s director, Tom Dey, had given him the option to wear boxer shorts as opposed to stripping down completely.
However, Bradshaw declined, opting to “Go out with a bang” knowing this would be his final movie.
“Cause nobody would expect me to get naked. I got a good image. I’m a wholesome guy.
“But I just thought, ‘This is just too funny. You can’t pass this opportunity up to get naked!’ So I just said, ‘I’ll get naked.'”
Failure To Launch wound up grossing $128 million at the box office.
And as it turned out, this was not Bradshaw’s final movie credit.
Along with multiple TV credits, he ended up appearing in the movie Father Figures in 2017 alongside Owen Wilson, Glenn Close, and Ed Helms.