Ted Williams, the “homeless man with the golden voice” became a viral internet sensation last week when a YouTube video was posted by a radio station in Columbus, Ohio.
In less than a week the panhandler’s life has taken on the proportions of a Lifetime movie, with network television appearances, including CBS’s Early Show and NBC’s Today Show.
Williams says it’s “almost like winning the Megaball lottery,” as he describes recent events, which include a job offer to become the voice of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
Williams has been on the street for 10 years after a downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction. He says he has been clean for 2 years. He has seven daughters and two sons, and was reunited with his 92-year-old mother after his network appearances this morning.
Julia Williams, who had not seen her son in nearly 20 years, said, “I prayed that I would live to see this time when he would do well.”
See Ted Williams Today Show and Early Show videos below.
Ted Williams opens The Today Show
Ted Williams Today Show interview
Ted Williams on The Early Show