As Far As DUI Videos Go, Tony Romo Kinda Crushed His, Besides The Whole Driving Under The Influence Part
Icon Sportswire. Getty Images.Before I get into this blog let's me just say first and foremost how stupid it is to drink and drive. Sure you CAN successfully get from point A to point B while drinking, but taking that chance with the horrible possibility of what can happen is so reckless and irresponsible. Just call an uber or hire a driver, especially when you have the amount of money that Tony Romo has. Pay someone to drive you. Simple.
With that being said, when it comes to DUI videos Tony Romo's might be the most tame and normal I've seen from a celebrity. Dare I say he comes off likable, which should be impossible when you're being arrested for a DUI.
TMZ obtained the whole interaction with the police. The first part is mostly the cop telling him he's under investigation for a DUI or OWI (which is what they call it in Wisconsin) and that they're taking him to a safer more secure location to do the field sobriety tests. Romo asks to call his lawyer before this and is denied the right. The entire time Tony is pretty respectful towards the officer and asks her to repeat a ton of questions because of how loud the highway is near them with cars buzzing on by.
Once they arrive to this new location the cop asks him if he's had any previous head injuries. That question made him pause and go through some real PSTD of being drilled in the head time after time in the NFL.
Once it's time to get moving Romo asks to stretch a little. If you're not getting loose before any activity after a 13 year NFL career that involved you getting your body caved in then you're asking for trouble. Realistically he needed to do this before cramming into the back of a cop car. Big mistake. Still not sure I've ever seen someone warm up for a field sobriety test, that's next level. If you watch the whole video you can see the stretching wasn't enough. Dude is basically a cripple with his back problems at the point. Maybe shouldn't be golfing if getting in and out of a car is that big of a deal.
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Romo is then asked to balance on one leg, and I'm not going to lie I thought he crushed this. I don't know if I can do this dead sober. Good thing I'm not a cop because if I saw him do this I'm calling a wrap on the test and letting him go free.
Any critiques of his performance here I'm chalking up to the cop not explaining things clearly enough. Tony is guilty of asking too many questions and trying to make sure he's doing each activity properly! That and having a few before getting behind the wheel (they did find an open bottle of alcohol in the car).
The innocent question of if he passed the test met with a clear sign he's being arrested is tough to see. He did his best, but at the end of the day couldn't perform when the lights got brightest. Might as well have been the NFC Divisional Round of the playoffs.
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At least he got a cool edit out of this.
Call an Uber next time you have a bad round of golf and drink a little.
P.S. Had no idea what a "gore" was when talking about stuff on a highway. I'm with you Tony.