A 'Bad Boy for Life': Martin Lawrence on his struggles with fame and return to the spotlight

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A 'Bad Boy for Life': Martin Lawrence on his struggles with fame and return to the spotlight
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With BadBoysForLife and a new stand-up comedy tour, Martin Lawrence is ready to bet on himself again.

at the age of 27. “I was a young kid and I was fearless,” recalls Lawrence. “I wanted all eyes on me.” And he always stuck to that philosophy, even when hostingin 1994, when he went off script for his monologue and garnered controversy for his freewheeling discussion of feminine hygiene. “I went out onand I saw the audience,” shares Lawrence, demonstrating a brief glimpse of his old self, “and I was like, ‘F— it, I’m just going to do me.’ ”Martin.

But just as Lawrence seemed to be getting back on track, he put on several layers of clothing and went for a jog on one of the hottest days of 1999, hoping to lose weight ahead of filming. But the run would end with him collapsing on his front yard from heatstroke and falling into a. When he woke, Lawrence had a new appreciation for life. “I know there’s a God,” he says, getting choked up. “I had to learn to walk again, to talk again.

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