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TBT: Where is Ted Williams, the man with 'The Golden Voice?'
You might recall the story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the "golden voice," but where is he now?To refresh your memory, Williams became an overnight sensation and gained sudden fame when his voice shocked the world almost three years ago after being discovered by a reporter on a street corner in Columbus, Ohio.MORE:25 celebrities who were once homelessWilliams was holding a sign that read, "I have a God given gift of voice. I am an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times. Please, any help will be gratefully appreciated."The reporter filmed Williams using his radio voice and the video rocketed to millions of views on YouTube.The media buzzed around the man with the "golden voice," with subsequent interviews, companies offering jobs and deals for the homeless, military veteran.So, in the spirit of Throwback Thursday, where is Williams now?In a story published in March, Fox News reported that Williams was hired to voice a new Kraft Foods' campaign for Mac and Cheese, penned a biography fittingly called "A Golden Voice," and narrated the documentary “Houseless.”The pressure of being thrust into the spotlight and the public eye preceded a relapse, Fox News reported, but Williams remains employed by Kraft Foods and remains committed to his recovery from alcoholism. “Some people just really, really look at me with admiration and they’re like, ‘God, if you can do it, I can do it,’” he told NBC. “I think, God, if I fail what is that person going to do?”Williams travels the country speaking to groups and organizations about his story and sharing his experience, with the mission to raise awareness about the homeless. Williams also created “The Ted Williams Project,”a not-for-profit organization that seeks toeradicate homelessness in his hometown of Columbus.HLN reported that Williams now lives in his own home with his long-time girlfriend in Ohio."This is the house, let me show you, I couldn't believe, Robin, that I have a fireplace! Whoa! A homeless man with a fireplace.""The prayers that are answered in my life today, were prayers that prayed years ago," Williams said in an interview with HLN.“I’m still in recovery," he told Fox News. "But it has been three years since this divine blessing. I am looking forward to taking God’s message and the message of redemption, hope and of second chances, addiction, mental health and homelessness."26343126
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You might recall the story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the "golden voice," but where is he now?
To refresh your memory, Williams became an overnight sensation and gained sudden fame when his voice shocked the world almost three years ago after being discovered by a reporter on a street corner in Columbus, Ohio.
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Williams was holding a sign that read, "I have a God given gift of voice. I am an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times. Please, any help will be gratefully appreciated."
The reporter filmed Williams using his radio voice and the video rocketed to millions of views on YouTube.
The media buzzed around the man with the "golden voice," with subsequent interviews, companies offering jobs and deals for the homeless, military veteran.
So, in the spirit of Throwback Thursday, where is Williams now?
In a story published in March, Fox News reported that Williams was hired to voice a new Kraft Foods' campaign for Mac and Cheese, penned a biography fittingly called "A Golden Voice," and narrated the documentary “Houseless.”
The pressure of being thrust into the spotlight and the public eye preceded a relapse, Fox News reported, but Williams remains employed by Kraft Foods and remains committed to his recovery from alcoholism.
“Some people just really, really look at me with admiration and they’re like, ‘God, if you can do it, I can do it,’” he told NBC. “I think, God, if I fail what is that person going to do?”
Williams travels the country speaking to groups and organizations about his story and sharing his experience, with the mission to raise awareness about the homeless.
Williams also created “The Ted Williams Project,”a not-for-profit organization that seeks toeradicate homelessness in his hometown of Columbus.
HLN reported that Williams now lives in his own home with his long-time girlfriend in Ohio."This is the house, let me show you, I couldn't believe, Robin, that I have a fireplace! Whoa! A homeless man with a fireplace."
"The prayers that are answered in my life today, were prayers that prayed years ago," Williams said in an interview with HLN.
“I’m still in recovery," he told Fox News. "But it has been three years since this divine blessing. I am looking forward to taking God’s message and the message of redemption, hope and of second chances, addiction, mental health and homelessness."
