And he says, “Hey, I’m down on my luck.” And I am going, “I see that.” After which he says, “Wait a minute, are you Russell Peters?” And I’m like, “Wait, how are you aware who I’m? How are you aware who anyone is?”
He begins speaking to me about how his mother’s Guyanese and his dad’s German or one thing. And he says, “I’m embarrassed. I used to be the little chubby child on Mighty Geese.” I used to be like, “What?” And he says, “I used to be in Heavyweights.” I used to be like, “That was you?”
He was all gaunt and utterly only a shell of a person. However I might see in his eyes he wasn’t gone. You possibly can see he wished to get out of that world, however he didn’t understand how.
I gave him 100 bucks that day. That’s what I had in my pocket. I stated, “If I provide you with this, are you going to purchase medication?” And he goes, “Not with all of it.” I’m like, “Effectively, at the least you’re sincere.”
That was perhaps 5, six years in the past. I by no means thought of it once more. Then, just a few months in the past, I received a message on my Instagram: “I don’t know when you’ll keep in mind this, however I used to be the man exterior of the deli you gave 100 bucks [to]. And I actually recognize it. And I’ve been sober now for 3 years.”
I checked out his [Instagram] web page, and you may see he gained his weight again and he seemed actually good.
He went on… “I’ve been doing stand-up now and I’m actually centered.” I am going, “In fact, I keep in mind you.”
He went, “I see you’re enjoying at Oxnard. I’d love to come back see the present.” And I stated, “Why don’t you come and do a while on my present?”